City signed Leroy Sane for £37m from Schalke and also paid £47.5m for Everton’s John Stones. Both players are defenders.

Following a terrible season for Chelsea, new manager Antonio Conte was given enough spending power by Abrahimovich. The Blues spent £120m in a bid to make it back into the top four. With £34m spent on bringing back David Luiz to the club and another £33m spent on Belgium striker, Michy Batshuayi.

A number of players were also sent out on loan, as clubs fight for the top-four spot. Players who were seen as first choice players have also been sent out on loan. About £153m worth of talent, based on the fees paid for them, found temporary homes in this window.

Manchester City led, with keeper Joe Hart, midfielder Samir Nasri, striker Wilfried Bony and defender Eliaquim Mangala shipped out. They have a current estimated market value of about £62m.

Chelsea loaned out 38 players – five more than this time last season (no surprises here) . Midfielder Juan Cuadrado, who cost £23.3m, signed up to another season at Italian champions Juventus, and £6m-forward Lucas Piazon will spend his 2016-17 season at Fulham. It is the fifth club the Blues have loaned the 22-year-old out to.